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Volume 43, Number 26
Issue Supplement
2024 Austin Music Awards Issue
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news
March 2024 Primary Election Endorsements for Travis County Residents
Our choices for local, state, and national races
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Can a Veteran Oil Man Clean Up the Railroad Commission’s Mess?
Bill Burch is running to raise awareness of groundwater contamination
BY LINA FISHER
As Transit Cops Near, Cap Metro’s Other Public Safety Personnel Thrive
Safe on the bus
BY BENTON GRAHAM
New Evidence Suggests Ivan Cantu’s Innocence, But Will Anyone Stop His Execution?
85,000 petitioners and celebrities are behind him
BY BRANT BINGAMON
José Garza, Jeremy Sylestine Vie for District Attorney
Travis County residents have a D.A. decision
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Controversial $1M+ McKinsey Homelessness Study Canceled
Mayor doesn’t “believe anyone has been misled”
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
The Strip Club: Lake Creek Festival Shopping Center
Sampling noodles, shoes, salsa, and silencers at the Northwest Austin strip mall
BY TAYLOR HOLLAND
music
Here Are Your Winners for the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards
Austin’s favorite albums, artists, and instrumentalists of 2023
BY THE MUSIC TEAM
Crosstalk: Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh Are the Wonder Women of Country
Chalk breaks up, Big Sugar reemerges, Die Spitz shoots a music video
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Back in Austin, the Ameripolitan Awards Define a Musical Spirit
Show's 10th anniversary return uplifts largely outsider roots sounds
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Bassist Mikki Itzigsohn Premieres First Visual Art Show
Ode to “Songwriters” at Yard Dog Art Gallery
BY CARYS ANDERSON
The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts
Our recommended shows for the week ahead
BY RACHEL RASCOE, MIRANDA GARZA, KEVIN CURTIN, CARYS ANDERSON, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ELIZABETH BRAATEN, GENEVIEVE WOOD, DOUG FREEMAN AND DEREK UDENSI
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Live Screening Screams Abound in It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
Filmmakers bring their found-footage horror to Fallout Theater on its IRL-only tour
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
Film Reviews
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training
Film expansion of the manga series and television show
Drive-Away Dolls
Ethan Coen solo effort is screwball without the comedy
Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity
Documentary uses reenactments to dramatize the five apparitions of Our Lady in Guadalupe
Hundreds of Beavers
Loony live-action cartoon about a fur trader who goes to war with rodents
Ordinary Angels
True story about a small-town hairdresser's crusade to help a widower secure a liver transplant for his daughter
Spaceman
Adam Sandler is an astronaut confronted with a mysterious creature
Stopmotion
An animator starts to lose her mind in this chilling horror
arts & culture
Theatre Review: Always a Boy Is Never a Bore
Ground Floor Theatre production offers a tender trans portrayal
BY CAT MCCARREY
Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events
Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good
BY JAMES SCOTT, WAYNE ALAN BRENNER, KIMBERLEY JONES, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, DEREK UDENSI, RICHARD WHITTAKER AND CARYS ANDERSON
Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events
Get arty this week with our recommended happenings
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER, BRANT BINGAMON, RICHARD WHITTAKER AND JAMES SCOTT
columns
Day Trips: Mother Neff State Park, Moody
Texas’ first state park is still going strong after nearly 90 years
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Middle-Aged, Caucasian, and Cranky
Middle-aged white guys have it tough all over, not just in Texas
BY THE LUV DOC
The Off Beat: Armadillo World Headquarters Plots Austin FC Partnership
The Dillo lives!
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Opinion: Dear Israel: I’m Stuck in the Middle With You
My parents taught me that the existence of Israel is essential. My children taught me that support for their violently racist policies is fascistic. There’s a middle position, even if it sometimes feels contradictory.
BY CATHY K. BROWN
Qmmunity: Peace, Love, and the House of Juicy
Legendary Father Akasha and princess BabiBoi talk the new Central Texas chapter of Juicy Couture
BY JAMES SCOTT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 23-29
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: The Biggest Questions Surrounding Austin FC’s 2024 Season
First up: Can El Tree get off to a winning start?
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
